Avoid this thing like the plague. The board is nice but the clip is crap. Tried it on 4 different chips and it’ll pop off at the slightest touch or some of the pins wouldn’t have good contact. No matter how close you get it to the board on surface mount chips you will never grip it. It’s literally impossible to get it flush with the board because the leads on a surface mount chip sit on top of the board.
It’s a giant design flaw, it doesn’t grip the chip it just grabs the pins which are rarely 90 degrees. Bite the bullet and buy the blue one, it has exposed contacts so the clip can actually grip the chip and get flush with the board. Might work for SOC8 but not Soic8. Bought the other one after having this for one day, expected it to be about the same but it’s night and day compared to this:
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I have a clip that is shaped like the one pictured on amazon and it works fine
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
Clip is not quite as pictured. Instead of tapering down to the width of the chip, it is wide until almost the tip. This means on the board i wanted to use it with, it hits another part next to the chip and can't be used. I have a clip that is shaped like the one pictured on amazon and it works fine.Looks like it should work fine but couldn't test it because it wouldn't fit.Looses 1 star because it doesn't fit for my application.Looses 2 stars because it's not the same as what is pictured.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
Looks like it should work fine but couldn't test it because it wouldn't fit.
Looses 1 star because it doesn't fit for my application.
Looses 2 stars because it's not the same as what is pictured.
I have a clip that is shaped like the one pictured on amazon and it works fine
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
Clip is not quite as pictured. Instead of tapering down to the width of the chip, it is wide until almost the tip. This means on the board i wanted to use it with, it hits another part next to the chip and can't be used. I have a clip that is shaped like the one pictured on amazon and it works fine.Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
Looks like it should work fine but couldn't test it because it wouldn't fit.
Looses 1 star because it doesn't fit for my application.
Looses 2 stars because it's not the same as what is pictured.
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